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Congress’s Rana Gurjeet Singh appeals to Malwa farmers to grow maize, cotton; vows to pay them more than MSP

March 11, 2025 5:45 pm

Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, however, took to X on Tuesday and listed a slew of problems he found with Rana Gurjeet Singhs’ maize push.

Punjab irrigation dept official says ‘no complaints received’, even as ‘discoloured’ canal water in Malwa raises spectre of pollution

April 19, 2024 4:25 pm

Apart from the brackish canal water, videos of discoloured water from the Buddha Nallah flowing into River Sutlej have also gone viral.

‘We do farming of crops, but he did farming of politics’: Malwa farmers remember ex-Punjab CM Badal

April 27, 2023 9:36 pm

As Parkash Singh Badal was consigned to flames on Thursday, farmer union leaders irrespective of their party affiliations remembered the Akali Dal patriarch as a clever politician

Bhagwant Mann promises foolproof plan to end waterlogging woes in Malwa

July 29, 2022 12:17 pm

The CM, who undertook a whirlwind tour of the waterlogged villages of Sri Muktsar Sahib and Fazilka districts, also announced that the food growers of the state will be duly compensated for the loss incurred by them due to nature’s fury.

Farmers from Malwa open front against AAP: ‘gave you 66 of 69 seats, only ‘badlav’ is of govt’

April 02, 2022 3:16 am

Later the gathering marched from the rally venue towards DC office to end the dharna.

In 2022, Malwa reversed trend of not backing winning party to the hilt

March 18, 2022 5:24 am

This changed in the 2022 polls, as 66 out 69 seats in the region went to AAP in the House of 117. In Doaba, AAP won 10 out of 23 seats, and in Majha, it won 16 out of 25.

Malwa yearns for a sweeping ‘badlaav’, may give ‘ik mauka’ to third alternative

February 17, 2022 5:29 am

While people are vocal about shunning party loyalty to vote for AAP, silent voters hold the key in state’s biggest region

Unkept Congress promises fuel Malwa anger as it warms up to ‘the new’

February 08, 2022 6:16 pm

While the Punjab voter is famously fickle, often springing a last-minute surprise, there's no mistaking the anger on the streets of Malwa.

Explained: Why is there a high rate of farmer suicides in Punjab's Malwa?

October 01, 2019 7:56 am

Punjab government’s data states that 3,330 farmers have taken their lives due to farm debt since 2000 till date, of which 698 committed suicide in the past four years, most of them in the Malwa region.

After deluge,Malwa struggles with faulty drains

March 14, 2014 11:45 am

This is one monsoon season many in Malwa region won’t forget in a hurry.

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